unspeakable
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un·speak·a·ble
(ŭn-spē′kə-bəl)adj.
1. Beyond description; inexpressible: unspeakable happiness.
2. Inexpressibly bad or objectionable: unspeakable poverty.
3. Not to be spoken: unspeakable thoughts.
un·speak′a·ble·ness n.
un·speak′a·bly adv.
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unspeakable
(ʌnˈspiːkəbəl)adj
1. incapable of expression in words: unspeakable ecstasy.
2. indescribably bad or evil
3. not to be uttered: unspeakable thoughts.
unˈspeakableness n
unˈspeakably adv
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un•speak•a•ble
(ʌnˈspi kə bəl)adj.
1. not speakable; not able or allowed to be spoken.
2. exceeding the power of speech; inexpressible; indescribable.
3. inexpressibly bad or objectionable.
[1350–1400]
un•speak′a•ble•ness, n.
un•speak′a•bly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() inexpressible, unexpressible - defying expression |
2. | ![]() bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" | |
3. | ![]() sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music" |
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unspeakable
adjective dreadful, shocking, appalling, evil, awful, overwhelming, horrible, unbelievable, monstrous, from hell (informal), inconceivable, unimaginable, repellent, abysmal, frightful, heinous, odious, indescribable, loathsome, abominable, ineffable, beyond words, execrable, unutterable, inexpressible, beyond description, hellacious (U.S. slang), too horrible for words the unspeakable horrors of chemical weapons
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unspeakable
adjective1. That cannot be described:
Idioms: beyond description, defying description.
2. That may not be spoken of or uttered:
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Translations
لا يوصَف، يَعْجَز عنه الوَصْف
nepopsatelnýnevýslovný
ubeskrivelig
ósegjanlegur, ólÿsanlegur
neizsakāms
anlatılamaz
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unspeakable
[ʌnˈspiːkəbəl] adj [pain] → indescriptible; [horror, crimes] → innommable; [behaviour, treatment] → inqualifiableCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
unspeakable
adj → unbeschreiblich; their unspeakable trade → ihr abscheuliches Geschäft; to do/say unspeakable things to somebody → jdm unaussprechliche Dinge antun/sagen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
unspeakable
[ʌnˈspiːkəbl] adj (behaviour, crime) → abominevole; (pain, joy) → indicibile, indescrivibileCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
unspeakable
(anˈspiːkəbl) adjective that cannot be expressed in words, especially because too bad to describe. his unspeakable cruelty/rudeness.
unˈspeakably adverbThe house is unspeakably filthy.
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